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Drug Facts

  • Crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.
  • Barbituric acid was first created in 1864 by a German scientist named Adolf von Baeyer. It was a combination of urea from animals and malonic acid from apples.
  • Methadone is commonly used in the withdrawal phase from heroin.
  • During the 1850s, opium addiction was a major problem in the United States.
  • The majority of teens (approximately 60%) said they could easily get drugs at school as they were sold, used and kept there.
  • Oxycontin is a prescription pain reliever that can often be used unnecessarily or abused.
  • Crystal Meth is the world's second most popular illicit drug.
  • Misuse of alcohol and illicit drugs affects society through costs incurred secondary to crime, reduced productivity at work, and health care expenses.
  • Heroin is usually injected into a vein, but it's also smoked ('chasing the dragon'), and added to cigarettes and cannabis. The effects are usually felt straightaway. Sometimes heroin is snorted the effects take around 10 to 15 minutes to feel if it's used in this way.
  • Nitrous oxide is a medical gas that is referred to as "laughing gas" among users.
  • Heroin is a drug that is processed from morphine.
  • 30% of emergency room admissions from prescription abuse involve opiate-based substances.
  • The drug was first synthesized in the 1960's by Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company.
  • In 1904, Barbiturates were introduced for further medicinal purposes
  • The United States was the country in which heroin addiction first became a serious problem.
  • The poppy plant, from which heroin is derived, grows in mild climates around the world, including Afghanistan, Mexico, Columbia, Turkey, Pakistan, India Burma, Thailand, Australia, and China.
  • Use of amphetamines is increasing among college students. One study across a hundred colleges showed nearly 7% of college students use amphetamines illegally. Over 25% of students reported use in the past year.
  • Relapse is the return to drug use after an attempt to stop. Relapse indicates the need for more or different treatment.
  • Every day, we have over 8,100 NEW drug users in America. That's 3.1 million new users every year.
  • In 2007, methamphetamine lab seizures increased slightly in California, but remained considerably low compared to years past.

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